Famously Judgment-Free David Bonderman Buys Famously Judgment-Free Gym Chain
TPG adds to its feel-good portfolio.
Private Equity
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Steve Schwarzman Takes His Money Where It Is Appreciated
Who needs Abington High School when you’ve got Oxford, guv’nor?
Leon Black Creates Unstoppable Photo-Sharing Site For 2009 In 2019
Your mom now have one fewer place to go to print her vacation books.
As A Public Company, WeWork Almost Promises To Be More Careful About Who Gives It Money Than It Was As A Private Company
Adam Neumann wants you to know that he understands how it looks to take money from The Saudis and will maybe stop now that you're watching.
Henry Kravis Looks Forward To Firing First Sandal-Clad Employee
Dress up, dress down, just don’t let the big guy find an office door without a suit hanging from it.
Masa Son Finding Out That Absurdly Big Numbers Aren't Always Fun
After Uber IPO disappoints, SoftBank looking to make it all back on the can't miss WeWork IPO.
John Childs Charged With Allegedly Taking His Love Of Leverage Way Too Far
Another Boston bIllionaire busted in Florida prostitution sting.
Private Equity Firm Acting Like A Private Equity Firm
The Blackstone Group will take your money and then the dividends that could be used to pay you back.
Guggenheim CEO Not Enjoying The Dodgers’ First Pennant In 30 Years
Nor any longer the company of his global head of internal distribution/house guest.
Henry Kravis Doesn’t Need Partners, But Would Like More Money
KKR is paving the way in bricks of newfound gold.
Carlyle Group Pretty Pleased It’s Not The Vanguard Group
Especially since its investors seem just as pleased, for some reason.
$25 Million Doesn’t Go As Far At A Public High School As it Does At Yale
The ungrateful upper-middle class of suburban Philadelphia will not bow to new liege lord Steve Schwarzman.
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Tim Geithner Would Be Laughed Out Of A Trump Cabinet Meeting
And not just because of his face.
Anyone Not Named Steve Schwarzman Or Jon Gray Best Not Get Too Comfortable At Blackstone
The “S” in GSO Capital Partners is taking his leave.
Don't Look Now But Lynn Tilton Is "Bankrupt"
Amidst the deafening din of Trumpian chaos, Lynn whispers "I'm broke."
Plucky Private Equity Firm Sells Some Property For Pocket Change
Steve Schwarzman just moved a skyscraper for $640 million to get the week started off right.
Warren Buffett Has Become So Good At Investing That He Doesn't Need To Know What He Owns, Who Bought It, Or Even Why
The Oracle is holding it down and he don't care who knows it.
Steve Schwarzman Should Really Avoid Talking About "The Real World"
TFW you are the platonic ideal of the sheltered wealthy elite.
Has Your Kid’s High School Produced A Billionaire?
In Donald Trump's America, every public school needs its own Steve Schwarzman.
Area Senior Gripes That Dumb Kids Experimenting With Derivatives Will End In Tears
Uncle Carl is feeling the "rumbling" of an imminent market earthquake.
Everyone Can Relax, Steve Schwarzman Made Money Last Year
The tax cuts he helped to create are definitely going to help him hold on to a lot of the $1 billion he pulled down last year.
Surprise! Private Equity Industry Will Make Money On Allegedly Unfavorable Tax Plan
Debunking the hot take that Steve Schwarzman’s Trump whispering had failed.
Blackstone's Hedge Fund Business Just Got Younger, And Apparently More Fastidious?
Steve Schwarzman gives the weirdest compliments.
The Wall Street Lobby Just Got Taken To School By The Private Equity Lobby
What are you guys even paying for?
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Rich Old White Guy Goes Where Rich Old White Guys Can Just Be Rich Old White Guys
What do you get the billionaire private-equity honcho who’s got everything? A hockey team!
Fidelity Subtly Hedging On Uber By Very Publicly Investing In Uber's Hated Archenemy
Someone is smirking under their pink mustache.
Haters Gonna Hate Lynn Tilton, Also Take Companies Away From Her
The Diva of Distressed Debt is out a few portfolio holdings.
Commerce Secretary Good At Napping, Bad At Math
Wilbur Ross may be carrying a few too many ones when calculating his net worth and his p.e. firm's fees.
Harvey Weinstein Wants To Get Paid
Either Harv gets his or no one does. (It’s the latter.)
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Dodgers Owner Has Really, Really Bad Day
Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter has neither nightly diversion from growing workplace troubles nor World Series trophy.
Time For Steve Schwarzman To Pick Up The Red Phone
The Trump tax plan is not making private equity great again.
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Carlyle Group Goes Red
“Chinese Communist Party” is the new capitalist management rage.
Please Allow Ex-Apollo Partner Ali Rashid To Demonstrate How *Not* To Grift $290,000 From Your Clients
If you really need an Ermenegildo Zegna suit, find a legit way to get it .
Serial Backer Of Alleged Sexual Predators Bails Out Weinstein Co.
Tom Barrack is always there to lend a hand, with a check in it.
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Introducing Uncle Warren’s Roadside Paradise
The Oracle of Omaha bought himself an early 93rd birthday present.
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Michael Flynn Decides That A Famously Toxic Reputation Is Not A Barrier To Entry For Private Equity Consulting
Even Blackstone thinks this guy might bring some bad press.
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Private Equity Oilman Won’t Be Hanging Framed Asset Seizure Agreement Next To All American Energy Analyst Awards, NYU MBA, Kid’s Nursery-School Diploma
John Walker is making history, but not in a good way.
Cerberus Ready To Make Faltering Soft-Core Porn Co. Great Again
Get ready for Abercrombie & Feinberg!
While Everyone Was Watching "Government Sachs," Steve Schwarzman Was Working Trump Like A Puppet
Blackstone will build Trump's America with a tiny $20 billion cash injection from the Saudis.
Tony James Accused Of Making Money While Making Money
Don't let your left hand know what your family office is doing.
Steve Schwarzman Apparently Not Supposed To Do His Job Anymore
What's the use of being besties with the president if you can't help out shareholders in the process?
Lynn Tilton And The Art Of F*ck-You-Pay-Me
Gird yourself for a masterclass in the ways of the Diva of Distressed.
Guy Who Thought Buying A Record Label In 2007 Was A Good Idea Now Buying All The McDonalds In Scandinavia
Guy Hands is wrapping himself around some Big Macs.
Lynn Tilton's Funds Were A Hall Of Funhouse Mirrors
A $1 billion lawsuit provides a rare glimpse into the Hieronymus Bosch hellscape that is Patriarch Partners.